How to Save Energy at Your Loading Dock This Winter
Winter is here in Michigan, with all of the challenges that go with it. It’s a good time to discuss how to save energy at the loading dock and the products that help businesses achieve energy conservation, including dock seals, dock shelters, and energy guards. Save Energy at Your Loading Dock with the Right Products […]
Beuschel Sales’ Service Area – Does Your Company Need Service?
Beuschel Sales is proud to serve the western, central, and northern parts of the state of Michigan. We are located in Kent County and are a family business that has been operating since 1961, selling an initial product line of pole buildings and material handling equipment. Since that time we have maintained a steady relationship […]
Planned Loading Dock Maintenance Protects Your Facility
The loading dock is the beating heart of many operations. Products come in and are shipped out. When the system works efficiently, everything goes as planned, and everyone is happy. Workers are employed. Customers get their products. All is well. When there’s a problem on the loading dock, however, it can impact the entire business. […]
Assessing and Mitigating Risk in your Facility
Every business with a loading dock has to come to terms with the idea of risk. Combine people, heavy objects, exposure to the elements, and moving equipment like forklifts and trucks, and eventually there will be an accident. The important thing, then, is to assess your environment for hazards and then add procedures and safety […]
What Will Your Winter Energy Costs Be?
Has your business done enough winter preparation of your loading dock to make sure it’s both accessible and safe to use during the coming months? It’s now October. Farmers’ Almanac is predicting wet, snowy, and frigid cold for the 2024-2025 winter in Michigan. Do you feel confident that your facility is ready to meet the […]
What Is a Dock Shelter?
As we move into fall in Michigan and the weather becomes colder and wetter, dock seals and shelters become even more important for protecting people and products at the loading dock. We’ve discussed the various types of dock seals before, so in this blog we will define what a dock shelter is and how loading […]
The Importance of Loading Dock Layout
A loading dock is a necessity for nearly any kind of business or warehouse that ships or receives goods, although many people are unaware of its design and function. At Beuschel Sales we get a lot of questions from our customers about what the best kind of loading dock layout is to maximize efficiency and […]
How to Prevent Loading Dock Accidents with the Right Safety Equipment
They do not make the 6 o’clock news often, but accidents at the loading dock, like the recent death in Winston-Salem, happen when the proper safety equipment and protocols aren’t used and taken. Large, very heavy equipment is used in loading and unloading those trucks, however, by installing and maintaining the right safety equipment, you […]
Keep Your Facility Safe by Sealing up Your Loading Dock
How important is sealing up your loading dock? When warehouse managers talk about the challenges they face in keeping the products they ship and receive in excellent condition, there are four problems that regularly come up in conversion. These are: Heat/Cold loss Pests Moisture Dirt Sealing up Your Loading Dock against Threats Insects and the […]
How to Increase Safety at the Loading Dock
Safety at the loading dock should be an important focus for any company that has one. Twenty-five percent of all warehouse accidents currently occur at the loading dock, but with a dedicated focus on implementing both additional training and safety measures, companies can increase safety and save themselves and their employees both suffering and expense. […]
Sealing Your Loading Dock against Pests
We are in the best part of the year in Michigan when the days are warm, grass and trees are lovely and green, and driving on the roads is easy – except for any construction, of course. However, better weather means more pests – particularly more insects, but also more small pests like chipmunks, birds, […]
Trailer Restraints Prevent Dangerous Accidents
Many pieces of loading dock safety equipment are very simple but effective. The trailer restraint is a good example. Trailer restraints, when properly used, can prevent accidents, injury, and even death at the loading dock. They are a great improvement on basic wheel chocks in terms of safety. Wheel chocks are useful, but they can […]